Churches That Abuse

The book that named spiritual abuse: back in print for the first time in a generation, with a new index.

Long before "religious trauma" and "church hurt" entered the vocabulary, sociologist Ronald M. Enroth documented what happens inside authoritarian churches: congregations that look doctrinally sound from the pews but run on fear, guilt, and control. Drawing on dozens of interviews with ex-members, Churches That Abuse tells their stories, including eleven years inside George Geftakys' Asse...